The Louisville (Kentucky) Regional Airport Authority Board has approved
agreements with HMSHost
International for the food and
beverage concessions and Paradies-Louisville II, LLC for its gift and
news services. Work on the new
food and beverage and gift and
news outlets will begin in February

2016, with the majority of work
completed in time for the 2016

Kentucky Derby.

Under the agreement, HMSHost
will invest more than $6 million
in improvements. Louisville
International will be only the
fourth airport in the country to
offer Starbucks Evenings, following
Washington Dulles International,
New York’s Kennedy International

Other food and beverage concepts
include the Book & Bourbon
Southern Kitchen, Smashburger,
KFC and the Bourbon Academy
Tasting Room. Each concourse also
will have locally sourced Kentucky
items at one of two grab and go
stations, The Local Rustic Market
and the Farmers Market.

As part of its retail plan, gift-and-news concessionaire Paradies-Louisville II, LLC will invest more
than $2.3 million in its retail outlets
— including the TODAY-branded